Archive for June 2019
Fun facts about radiology
Amazing, fun and inspiring facts about radiology X-rays have been around for a long time. X-rays were discovered and developed by a German physicist named Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895. Within months of his announcement, physicians and surgeons were using them to detect foreign objects in the body. Within a year, the news and technology were…
Read MoreRoentgenizdat: the bizarre history of “bone music”
Elvis’ pelvis was changing the world, but post World War II Russians were out of luck because General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin banned the possession of Western music. State censorship made listening to an American rock and roll song almost impossible. Almost. When fans want to hear music,…
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